Duration2012-2013

LocationGuatemala

Themes

Partners

Keeping Kids in School

PADF worked in partnership with the US government, Spanish telecommunications giant Telefónica, and Cinépolis, the world’s fifth largest movie theater management company, to support a youth development program focused on children aged 6 through 10. By encouraging youth from at-risk communities to stay in school, the program sought to prevent them from engaging in high-risk behaviors, such as drug use and violence, and from entering the workforce early and later becoming victims of human trafficking. Funding provided by Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. enabled the expansion of the program to areas in southern Mexico such as the state of Chiapas. This project benefitted 150 youth.